Explanation
BACKGROUND: This ordinance is to modify a previous ordinance (2727-2013) in order to add the option to extend a Universal Term Contract with Lindsay Automotive, Inc. DBA Lindsay Honda for the purchase of Honda Civics with CNG Fuel Option for one (1) additional year or portion thereof as reflected in the contract and agreed to by both parties. The solicitation and contract both correctly reflect the intention to allow for the option of a one year extension. The ordinance, as drafted by the Purchasing Office, did not list the extension option. This ordinance corrects that mistake. The extension option would permit an extension of the contract from the current expiration date of May 31, 2015 until May 31, 2016.
The company is not debarred according to the Excluded Party Listing System of the Federal Government or prohibited from being awarded a contract according to the Auditor of State Unresolved Findings for Recovery Certified Search.
FISCAL IMPACT: No additional monies are required to modify the option contract. Each agency must set aside their own funding for their estimated expenditures.
In order to maintain uninterrupted services to City agencies using Universal Term Contracts and open Purchase Orders, this ordinance is being submitted as an emergency.
Title
To modify ordinance 2727-2013 in order to add the option to extend the contract with Lindsay Automotive, Inc. DBA Lindsay Honda for Honda Civics with CNG Fuel Option for one (1) additional year or portion thereof as reflected in the contract and agreed to by both parties; and to declare an emergency.
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WHEREAS, the Finance/Purchasing Office established contract FL005749 for the purchase of Honda Civic with CNG Fuel Option with Lindsay Automotive, Inc. DBA Lindsay Honda; and
WHEREAS, Ordinance 2727-2013 authorized contract FL005749; and it was recently discovered that the expiration dates in the ordinance are not the same as the expiration dates agreed to by the parties in the contract; and it is necessary to amend the previous ordinance in order to align the expiration dates; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Finance/Purchasing Office in that it is immediately necessary to modify Ordinance 2727-2013, thereby preserving the public health, peace, property, safety, and welfare, now, therefore,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:
SECTION 1. That Ordinance 2727-2013 is modified to add the option to extend the contract with Lindsay Automotive, Inc. DBA Lindsay Honda for Honda Civics with CNG Fuel Option for one (1) additional year or portion thereof as reflected in the contract and agreed to by both parties.
SECTION 2. That for the reasons stated in the preamble hereto, which is hereby made a part hereof, this ordinance is hereby declared to be an emergency measure and shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage and approval by the Mayor.